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Craft Tutorials | Recycled Crafts | Cardboard Tube Crafts for Kids | Cardboard Tube Children & Snowmen

Cardboard Tube Children & Snowmen

Author by Amanda Davis on December 29, 2011 Updated on November 3, 2020

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Cardboard Tube Children & Snowmen

 

Cardboard tubes are one of my favorite mediums. They are definitely readily available and I always have some in my supply stash. They are easy to transform into fun little characters, and that’s exactly what I was thinking when I came up with this little snow scene. Do you remember building snowmen with your friends? Going sledding? Having a snowball fight? I do. Fondly. :) And so the cardboard tube children and their snowmen were born.

Cardboard Tube Children & SnowmenI’ve always loved crafting. Creating something from nothing is so relaxing to me. This particular project literally brought a smile to my face. While I was painting faces and cutting out mittens, I couldn’t help but smile as they all came to life.

Cardboard Tube Children & SnowmenAfter all, they were all the center of a roll of toilet paper in a former life. What better reincarnation than as a happy child playing in the snow?

Cardboard Tube Children & SnowmenIf you just want to make some with your kids you can simplify a bit, like I originally intended to do with these. But my creativity got the better of me and I found myself happily embellishing their little construction paper clothes.

Cardboard Tube Children & SnowmenWho knew toilet paper could eventually bring me such happiness??

Cardboard Tube Children & SnowmenThe tree line in the back is very simply green construction paper cones on craft sticks. I used different colors of glitter paint and dotted on the lights. The snow is just white paint blobbed on with a paint brush, all willy nilly like.

Cardboard Tube Children & SnowmenI painted the “flesh” area first for the faces. Then I wrapped them in construction paper. The children’s hats are made from dollar store toddler mittens. You know, those pretty much useless and cheap mittens that don’t keep your kid’s hands warm and unravel after 2 or 3 wearings? Those. They’re cute, and perfect for little hats. The scarves are just strips of felt, fringed at the end, another step you can skip to simplify this craft. The snowmen are wearing ear muffs fashioned from pom poms and chenille stems and I’ve added some buttons too.

Cardboard Tube Children & SnowmenTo make these with the kids you can use googly eyes instead of paint and skip the extras like boots and mittens. I chose to cover a sheet of Styrofoam with Sno-Tex paint, you could skip that step too if you wanted too.

Cardboard Tube Children & SnowmenI hope you enjoy these as much as I did. Well, you probably won’t enjoy them as much as I did, but I hope you like them anyway. :)



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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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Filed Under: Cardboard Tube Crafts for Kids, Christmas Crafts, Other Kid's Crafts, Winter Crafts Tagged With: cardboard tubes, christmas, holidays, kid's crafts, recycled, snowmen, winter

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  1. Mado says

    April 9, 2021 at 11:46 am

    Very nice, Amanda!

    Reply
  2. Patricia Meyer-Coyle says

    December 4, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    Love this….i love using toilet rolls to make things..
    Thanks Patty m

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      December 11, 2017 at 2:32 pm

      Thanks Patty!

      Reply
  3. Joy says

    November 16, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    Love it! I will definitely be “borrowing” this idea for my Make & Take table at the library. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      November 17, 2013 at 7:47 am

      So glad you like them! I had SO much fun making these little guys and girls :)

      Reply
  4. jet says

    September 16, 2013 at 7:15 am

    aaaw they are all sooooo cute, love it, well done.
    thank you for the sharing.;-D

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      September 16, 2013 at 8:15 am

      Thank you Jet :)

      Reply
  5. Lynn says

    January 30, 2013 at 11:07 am

    These are sooooo darn cute!!!! Thank-you!

    Reply
  6. Kimberly Turner says

    December 1, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Questions about the snowman…did you paint the tubes white (inside and outside) or is there a brand of toilet paper that has a white tube?

    They are adorable and can’t wait for the class to make these!

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      December 1, 2012 at 4:15 pm

      You know, honestly I don’t remember! I do know that there are some toilet paper manufacturers that use white tubes, and that may have been the case with these. However, you can have the kids paint regular tubes with white paint, or a less messy alternative is to wrap them in white paper :)

      Reply
  7. Taryn says

    April 7, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    Love this! Shared link/pin here:

    http://pinsandprincesses.blogspot.com/2012/04/toilet-paper-tube-extravaganza.html

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      April 8, 2012 at 1:29 pm

      Thank you Taryn!

      Reply
  8. Sherri says

    January 19, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    These are so cute! I would like to share this post on my website with a link back to yours. Would this be ok? I just started my blog last week and still have a lot to learn about sharing and linking. Thanks.

    Reply
    • admin says

      January 19, 2012 at 4:03 pm

      Hi Sherri :)

      You are welcome to use one of the photos and link directly to the tutorial on Crafts by Amanda. I appreciate the mention, thanks!

      Reply
  9. Cherry says

    January 6, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    Very cute idea – love these little snowmen!! Will have to keep this idea on hand to use with my grandkids.

    Reply
  10. Shannon at madiganmade says

    January 6, 2012 at 4:40 am

    The faces on these guys are so stinking adorable, Amanda! Love them! What a cute winter scene.

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      January 7, 2012 at 12:22 pm

      Thank you so much Shannon! :)

      Reply
  11. Brittany says

    January 5, 2012 at 7:29 am

    Amanda, these are adorable! I made a posterboard gingerbread house with different characters but we only made one snowman. Now I want to make more! Thanks for sharing! :)

    Reply
  12. Vicky says

    January 4, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    These are so cute! I am just loving your little snow village. I am a new FB follower and shared a link to this on the Mess For Less Fb page. I am visiting from Someday Crafts. Vicky from Mess For Less

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      January 7, 2012 at 12:23 pm

      Thanks so much for the share!

      Reply
  13. maggy,red ted art says

    January 4, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    As always very sweet! Love the children!

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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  14. Carrie @ Crafty Moms Share says

    January 3, 2012 at 12:22 am

    These are so cute! We are definitely going to try these this week.

    Reply
  15. Darlene Jante says

    January 1, 2012 at 11:56 am

    These are so cute! You have done a great job!

    Reply
  16. Jesters Brew says

    December 31, 2011 at 11:26 pm

    This is a neat idea! I like crafts that reuse things that are just going to be thrown away. It is very green, and awful cute too! :)

    Reply
  17. Carolyn says

    December 31, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    These are adorable!!!

    Reply
  18. Acemi CaDı says

    December 31, 2011 at 7:07 pm

    Happy New Year 2012.. (^_^)

    Reply
  19. Sui Mode says

    December 31, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Looks Perfect!

    Reply
  20. Kristen S- Craft Gossip says

    December 31, 2011 at 2:19 am

    These are so cute! I love the pink cheeks:) Great work Amanda!!

    Cardboard Tube Children and Snowmen

    Reply
  21. Erika says

    December 31, 2011 at 12:14 am

    These are so unbelievably cute! I think I’ll make a whole winter-scape with my class of kiddos. Thank you!

    Reply
  22. Barbara "Cookie" says

    December 30, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    You can’t help but smile when you look at these little snow people ,,Thank’s Happy New Year..

    Reply
  23. Rena says

    December 30, 2011 at 4:45 am

    Love these! And perfect timing — as usual!

    Reply

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